The annual CEAT Cricket Awards show took place at a SoBo on Sunday.  Members of the Indian and Sri Lankan teams were present and Mallika Sherawat provided the much needed Bollywood sizzle.  There was also a discussion on test cricket’s future and impact on T20.  The Award winners were:

International Cricketer of the Year : Gautam Gambhir (India)
Test Batsman of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)

 

Former Indian off-spinner, Errapalli Prasanna, received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from his contemporary Sunil Gavaskar on this occasion.

 

Among the attendees were Harsh Goenka, Sunil Gavaskar, Venugopal Dhoot, Cyrus Poonawala, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, and Kumar Mangalam Birla.